ACEP Critical Ultrasound Guide

The American College of Emergency Physicians’ “The Practical Guide to Critical Ultrasound” app is a free educational resource for point-of-care users caring for patients in emergency and critical care environments. We designed this interactive image and narrated video focused app to be a quick reference and a just-in-time learning tool. The app is based on the entire contents of the two-volume iBook of the same name.

Just like the iBook, the backbone of the app is composed of sections which fall under one of two categories: those devoted to a specific topic and those devoted to a specific procedure. Each of them covers fundamental background, anatomy, scanning essentials, technique, pitfalls, and references. In addition, this app contains a series of narrated “How to Scan” videos for common ultrasound applications. Furthermore, there are sections collating landmark publications for the field. The critical care ultrasound protocol section provides a nearly complete set of reference information as providers consider an organized approach to the emergency and critical patient. The final society protocol section assists the reader with the most up-to-date specialty endorsed standards and guidelines.

We are very proud of the extensive number of contributors nationally and internationally. We acknowledge and welcome that not all chapters are the same. The tone and the approach differ in small ways. Authors had a bit of poetic license, where they literally used their own voices. The many video contributors made an otherwise impossible encyclopedia of findings possible.

We hope this app empowers providers to continue their journey to patient-centered care.